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Book Review: Visions from the Void, edited by Jonathan Butcher

  • August 14, 2018

  • 8 mins to read

Visions from the Void, edited by Jonathan Butcher - cover

“Though subject matter and genre, tone and style vary, each story seems to be connected in some way. By the writer’s commitment to the project, by the intent of each author to produce something distinctive and captivating.”   Putting out an anthology these days—especially a horror/dark fiction anthology—can be a risky venture. How do you …

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Look Out For … The Mouth of the Dark by Tim Waggoner

  • August 9, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

The Mouth of the Dark by Tim Waggoner

“Bram Stoker Award winner Tim Waggoner consistently delivers the goods when it comes to hard-hitting horror fiction, with compelling characters and dangerous horrors at every turn. “ When Jayce’s 20-year-old daughter Emory goes missing, he seeks the assistance of a strange woman named Nicola to guide him through Shadow, a dark and bizarre world, parallel …

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Book Review: Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3 edited by Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax

  • August 8, 2018

  • 12 mins to read

Year's Best Hardcore Horror, Volume 3 - cover

“With such a strong line-up of stories, there is something for everyone in the third volume of hardcore horror.” Labels. How does the saying go? “They’re only good for one thing; marketing.” They can be very misleading. Take Hardcore Horror, for example. Some fans of horror fiction may be put off by that term. Gore …

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Look Out For … A Game in the Sun and Other Stories by John Coyne

  • August 2, 2018

  • 2 mins to read

A Game in the Sun by John Coyne - cover

“Coyne has written many gruesome short-stories through the years, and now the best tales are collected in one volume for the first time.”   From Cemetery Dance Publishing comes a major collection by one the best writers of horror fiction. Featuring fourteen tales guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine, A Game in the …

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